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You’re gonna defund NPR? Fine- We’ll defund Faux News

By Beth Becker On March 16, 2011  

So here I was minding my own business…getting some stuff done for my trip to DC next week when I got an email from someone I know in Rep. Jim McGovern’s (MA-03) office: “Can we talk? We’ve got a hot one for you”.  So I picked up my phone curious…and then spent 10 minutes trying [...]

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Radio Interview – “Building a Strong Progressive Movement”

By Joe Brewer On March 7, 2011  

This radio interview with Joe Brewer, Founder of Cognitive Policy Works, explores the core challenges facing the progressive movement in the United States.  Joe explains why progressives have been unable to set the political agenda in recent decades and offers insights into how to successfully frame the debate.  He also describes how to [...]

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#AskTheSpeaker

By Beth Becker On February 25, 2011  

You know you wanna!  Just think of all those questions you’ve been dying to ask Speaker Boehner but couldn’t.

Well today is your lucky day.  Today a friend got this in her inbox and forwarded to a few of her “closest friends”:

Your Interview with Speaker Boehner

Feb. 24, 2001

Given the chance

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Union-Busting Is Market Manipulation and Wage Theft

By Joshua Holland On February 25, 2011  

Like all progressives, we obsess on the quest for good ‘framing’ quite a bit around here (when I lived in DC, even the cabbies and doormen were reading Lakoff).

So, here’s a frame. Over at AlterNet, I have a feature up arguing that labor markets only work when workers can bargain collectively. As it stands, [...]

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Conventional Un-Wisdom: Dirty Hippies Must Fake Being Moderates to Win

By Mario Piscatella On February 24, 2011  

Conventional Un-Wisdom: In this district, you need to project a more moderate message, avoid sounding like or looking like a Dirty Hippie at all costs. To win, you need to win Republican votes, so you need to target them from the start. Make it a habit of “Hippie Punching” on a regular basis, it will give you the separation from those values you need to win.

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A Blueprint For Economic Disaster

By Adam Lambert On February 24, 2011  

Make no mistake – the demonization of public workers is just the latest in a long series of distractions by the right wing and economic elite as they pick the pockets of the “other 95% of Americans”. This coordinated approach is nothing new, but the agenda of wealth theft is taking on a new form [...]

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Building a Strong Progressive Message Through Community Amplification

By Beth Becker On February 24, 2011  

This is part 2 of the Building a Progressive Echo Chamber series and I’m thrilled to report, efforts have begun to crystallize and a path forward is taking shape.  That path will combine effective framing for message creation with a carefully planned system of message delivery.

In that first diary,  I laid out a vision [...]

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I’ve got your Progressive Echo Chamber right HERE

By Beth Becker On February 24, 2011  

Mon Jan 24, 2011 at 11:02 AM CST

I’ve Got Your Progressive Echo Chamber Right HERE (new series)

by Spedwybabs

What a Year

51 weeks ago 600+ hungry progressives gathered in Pennsylvania eager to make a difference in the life of everyday Pennsylvanians. We ate, drank, talked, networked and learned. [...]

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